., meaning al qaeda, bob gates, the former secretary of defense, effective and then i don't know what the other two words were saying. >> i should say, they put that out online today, we saw a picture of it online. what happened backstage when you talked to them? >> reporter: when we went back and saw vice president biden, it happened to be right at the time when he was getting a call from president obama, congratulating him on his debate and one of the things paul ryan said to me is, he said, boy, i really -- it's great. i've been looking at a lot of tapes of you for a long time and you've been to afghanistan a lot of times. >> do you know? >> reporter: i don't. i used to keep track in iraq. i can tell you, that was 21 times. but i think to the region, pakistan, afghanistan, i've lost track, but it's definitely dozens of times. >> all right, well, martha raddatz, it was a big job and you were absolutely masterful and head on out now and see you on the air next week. >> bye-bye, diane. >> as you heard, martha asked points questions about libya, benghazi and the violence that cost four